Thursday, August 18, 2011

Week of 8/15-8/19

1st Assignment: Read "The Origins of the First World War" Pages 4-5
Create a chart for the Four Causes of the War by dividing a notebook paper in fours. At the top of each box write Long Term Cause #1, then Long Term Cause #2, etc.

In each box:
1)Summarize information
2) How did this cause make war more likely?
3) Does this show that the German government was to blame for WWI?

2nd Assignment: Read "The Origins of the First World War" Page 7 Divide your notebook paper into threes labeled Short Term Cause #1, Short Term Cause #2, Short Term Cause #3.

In each box:
1)Summarize information
2) How does this cause lead to war?
3) Does this cause show Germany is to blame for the War?

3rd Assignment: Using your "Causes of the First World War" packet write about the three countries involved in the Triple Alliance and Triple Entene.
1) Explain their main concerns by 1914.
2) Also explain why it made sense to be in the alliance they were in.

4th Assignment: Construct a timeline of main events from 1870-1914 using 5 events (complete with image and describe each event with 100% accuracy. The events you choose must pertain to the outbreak of war.

2 comments:

  1. Taylor Leonard aka... best student ever!!!!!!!!!!!August 18, 2011 at 7:05 PM

    I haven't done the timeline yet, but the other three assignments were acctually really fun, and I learned a lot. Constucting the maps really helped me also, because I knew where all the countries were and that was... awesome! I am really enjoyng your class and I am learning a lot already!!!!

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  2. I am glad you are enjoying the class Taylor!!! There will still be sometime to work on the timeline still. It is good to know that you are learning a lot!

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